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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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Part of the world they wanted to transport was natural. There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. The reasons for this perceived lack of birds are threefold. Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting.

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Familiar Faces in Guyana

10,000 Birds

I contemplated how the birds were able to achieve such acceleration after sleeping all night without an ounce of caffeine. Once the swifts ascended well above the canopy, they began to look like birds again. Meanwhile, the forest edge was awash with birds. The birds were for the most part playing hard to get, though.

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Birds and football! What a combination!

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Below are a few suggestions of sites within the city that can easily be reached using public transport. Most of these are very common birds which are widely distributed throughout Brazil. The lower part of this loop often has much less human disturbance than the top half and thus can be more productive.

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